Deck 37: Connections: The Social Control of Youth Across Institutional Spheres, Aaron Kupchik

Question 1

The nation's first juvenile court was brought about by social change and new ideas.Which of the following was NOT one of these new developments?

A)Massive immigration
B)New ideas about the vulnerability of youth
C)Growing desire to punish children
D)The dominance of the factory as an urban employer

Answer 1

Growing desire to punish children

Question 2

Which of the following trends accurately describes trends since the 1970s in punishing youth?

A)More children are now prosecuted in criminal rather than juvenile court
B)Juvenile courts have become more efficient
C)States have increasingly adopted a single nationwide system for punishing youth
D)Juvenile courts have increasingly focused on rehabilitative goals

Answer 2

More children are now prosecuted in criminal rather than juvenile court

Question 3

In "The Hyper-Criminalization of Black and Latino Male Youth in the Era of Mass Incarceration," Victor Rios argues that one reason so many black and Latino youth enter the criminal justice system is because:

A)They do not wish to work
B)They have little interest in doing well at school
C)So few adults pay attention to how they are doing
D)Police view them as threats to be managed

Answer 3

Police view them as threats to be managed

Question 4

Recent changes (over the past twenty years) to school security and discipline have the following effect:

A)They make schools safer
B)They help schools in the poorest areas offer better educational experiences
C)They result in more arrests of students for minor misbehavior
D)They help schools govern in more democratic ways

Question 5

Describe two ways in which the original juvenile court was biased against poor youth.In what ways do you think those biases are still at work today?

Question 6

Describe two reasons why racial/ethnic minority youth are overrepresented in juvenile court today.